Helicia pyrrhobotrya Kurz

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Helicia

Characteristics

Trees 8-10 m tall. Young branchlets rust-colored tomentose, soon glabrescent. Leaves alternate or crowded apically on twigs; petiole 2.5-3 cm, pilose; leaf blade obovate-oblong, sometimes broadly oblanceolate, 32-50 × 9-16 cm, papery, base cuneate and decurrent into petiole, abaxially pilose along midvein, adaxially glabrescent, margin remotely serrulate, apex shortly acuminate, rarely obtuse; secondary veins 11-19 on each side of midvein, abaxially raised. Inflorescences ramiflorous, 20-30 cm; rachis 2.5-3 mm in diam.; bracts of flower pairs narrowly triangular, ca. 1.5 mm; floral bracts lanceolate, ca. 0.5 mm. Pedicels 4-5 mm, basally connate. Perianth yellowish, 2-2.8 cm, pilose; limb ellipsoid, ca. 3 mm in diam. Anthers ca. 2.5 mm. Hypogynous glands connate into a crenate cup. Ovary glabrous. Fruit brown, ± globose, 2.5-4 cm in diam.; pericarp ca. 0.5 mm thick, leathery, roughish. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Sep-Mar.
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A tree. It grows 8-10 m tall. The young branches have a rusty covering. The leaves are alternate and crowded near the tips. The leaves are broadly oval and 32-50 cm long by 9-16 cm wide. The fruit are brown and round. They are 3-4 cm across.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 10.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows between 700-1620 m altitude in Yunnan in China.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Helicia pyrrhobotrya world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Conservation status

Helicia pyrrhobotrya threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704480-1
WFO ID wfo-0001107151
COL ID 3K7K9
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Synonyms

Helicia pyrrhobotrya